The life and times of the most recent parish priest of St Joseph`s and St Wilfrid`s, Gateshead.

Tuesday, 18 March 2014

A surprising find

A parishioner from St Wilfrid`s was at a jumble sale at a local Anglican church and was looking through the LP`s when she found two photos. She brought them to me. Here I am in my young days at the Synod of bishops on Europe in 1991. I didn`t realise I`d even lost them. I can remember my surprise when my mother, many years ago, decided to give a lot of my LP`s to charity. Strange to think they are still doing the rounds and these photos were among them. Spot the bishops!

You`re right David. He was quickly chosen to be the chairman of this English language group and said he usually was. There is another English archbishop in the picture. Out of shot is the former archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, Cardinal O`Brien.

The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty warrior.” 13 Gideon answered him, “But sir, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us?Judges 6.12